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UK lawmakers condemn PM Johnson and U.S. President Biden over Afghanistan
By William James & Elizabeth Piper
How social media is dealing with the Taliban takeover
By Diksha Madhok
Taliban can't touch Afghanistan's gold stored away in the US
By Samanth Subramanian
US struggles to speed Kabul airlift despite Taliban, chaos
By Matthew Lee, Robert Burns & Lolita Baldor
Afghanistan faces 'dire' financial outlook, warns former central bank chief
By Colby Smith, Benjamin Parkin & Chris Giles
Taliban Ramp Up on Social Media, Defying Bans by the Platforms (Published 2021)
By Ben Decker & Sheera Frenkel
Afghanistan had a plan to free itself from cash. Now it risks running out.
By Tate Ryan-Mosley
'The Taliban Are Here': The Final Days Before Kabul's Collapse
By Dion Nissenbaum, Yaroslav Trofimov & Vivian Salama
How the Taliban uses social media to seek legitimacy in the West, sow chaos at home
By Catherine Thorbecke
Taliban victory sparks concerns al-Qaeda could regroup
By Helen Warrell, Andrew England & Katrina Manson
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul
By Madhumita Murgia
Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Celebrated by Extremists on Social Media
By Warren P. Strobel & Dustin Volz
U.S. Halted Dollar Shipments to Afghanistan to Keep Cash Out of Taliban's Hands - WSJ
By Ian Talley & Kate Davidson
Taliban's Afghanistan takeover presents fresh challenge for social media companies
By Kanishka Singh & Elizabeth Culliford
YouTube says it does not allow Taliban-affiliated accounts
By Elizabeth Culliford
Facebook, TikTok won't lift ban on posts that promote Taliban after the fall of Afghanistan
By Sam Shead
Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan: Biden Says U.S. Forces Will Stay in Kabul to Get All Americans Out (Published 2021)
By Jim Huylebroek, Carlotta Gall & Julian E. Barnes
U.S. and I.M.F. Apply a Financial Squeeze on the Taliban (Published 2021)
By Eshe Nelson & Alan Rappeport
Afghanistan Taliban long have used Twitter, WhatsApp as propaganda, governance tools
By Cristiano Lima & Craig Timberg
The IMF Acts Against the Taliban - WSJ
By Josh Lipsky & William F. Wechsler
Taliban round up ex-gov staff and whip women and children trying to flee at Kabul airport
By Rob Crilly & Harriet Alexander